WhatsApp Suffers Another 45 Minute Global Outage

Facebook-owned messaging platform; WhatsApp crashed early Friday (around 11 a.m in Uganda), with users having to switch to one of the many other forms of communication. According to website Downdetector, began experiencing outages at about 8:10 GMT (11 a.m East African Time).

The outage probably took around 45 minutes – where users began reporting that service had been restored.